cậy
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Vietnamese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Vietic *-giːʔ, whence also gậy.
Verb[edit]
- (rarely used alone) to rely on; to pin one's hopes (on)
- 1820, Nguyễn Du, Truyện Kiều (傳翹) [The Tale of Kieu], published 1870:
𢭄 㛪 㛪 拱 𠹾 𠳒 𡎥 蓮 朱 姉 𥛉 耒 仕 疎 - I ask for your help, will you accept my word?
Please be seated I’ll bow to you ere I speak.
- I ask for your help, will you accept my word?
- to congratulate oneself; plume oneself (on)
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Verb[edit]
cậy
- Alternative form of cạy